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While stopped at a traffic light this summer. I could hear many different radio stations playing from the vehicles around me. I was imagining what all those radio waves and digital signals looked like and would we listen to them, if we could see what they contained. It must look like a multi-colored , tightly woven spiders web, wrapping the planet. If you could see it, you might be afraid to go out into it. We are like tuners or receivers of these waves and we choose what we tune in to. You become a product of what you receive, also a transmitter. What are you receiving or transmitting? What about in the privacy of your car or your computer room? Ear buds?

Some may think: “What does it matter what I listen to, what I watch, what site I’m on. Something is nudging you to receive what you have chosen and what you have chosen becomes a part of you. These waves are attracted to the number you put on your receiver. You may deny it and think your channels are clear. Imagine what is being transmitted from you. Would you want anyone to tune into you? Have some people already tuned you out? Are you tuned in to the Holy Spirit? You may want to Google yourself or the Holy Spirit and see what’s in you-delete some channels. Be aware of the Prince of the air. He was the angel of the audio/visual department. He wants to squelch you.

Thanksgiving is about family and considering those who don’t have a family. Being thankful for the family that you may only see on Thanksgiving day is essential to a grateful heart. I recently was given boxes of memorabilia that were my parents – things that I’ve never seen before now. The photos and items have connected me with mine and my parents pasts. I may not have known these people or about these people but they are my people-my blood. I sent a box of some of these items to my sister.
This Thanksgiving day, when my son and his wife come over, I’m going to introduce him to his past-his blood, so he can see where he came from, something that I was never shown. Why, I’ll probably never know – they’re all gone. Now, they have all returned for the holiday. Thanksgiving, it’s about family and unity and thanking God for it.

The coldness is gone – don’t worry about the fire
Come forth. Let your buds open up and grow
Don’t stay attached to or be led by those who stay cold
They can only take you to cold places
Reach for the sun – be warm and grow
Let the rain fall upon you and give you life
Open up the dry soil – be watered and made new
Open up and grow